Cadillac XT6Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 113 owner complaints and 12 safety recalls on record for the Cadillac XT6.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints113Top: Electrical system Safety recalls122020–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Elise240SX, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Best & worst years

Cadillac XT6 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the XT6 median. Tap a year for its full report.

40 21 15 13 16 8

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Avoid
Caution
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Best
Not rated

2025Too new–/1008 complaints · 1 recall 2024Not rated–/10016 complaints · 2 recalls 2023Not rated–/10013 complaints · 2 recalls 2022Not rated–/10015 complaints · 3 recalls 2021Not rated–/10021 complaints · 2 recalls 2020Not rated–/10040 complaints · 4 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Cadillac XT6 problems

All model years combined: 113 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

27Electrical system

24Power train

16Engine

15Back over prevention1 crash/fire/injury

11Forward collision avoidance

9Fuel/propulsion system

7Service brakes

6Steering

5Lane departure

2112 other systems1 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Electrical system	27	0
Power train	24	0
Engine	16	0
Back over prevention	15	1
Forward collision avoidance	11	0
Fuel/propulsion system	9	0
Service brakes	7	0
Steering	6	0
Lane departure	5	0
12 other systems	21	1

12 recalls

Cadillac XT6 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel24V-459 · 2024–2025 · Jun 20, 2024 · 6,942 vehicles Visibility: windshield23V-681 · 2024 · Oct 12, 2023 · 42 vehicles Power train: automatic transmission23V-172 · 2023 · Mar 16, 2023 · 8,744 vehicles Other: labels22V-708 · 2023 · Sep 22, 2022 · 24 vehicles Sensing system: camera22V-709 · 2020–2021 · Sep 22, 2022 · 95,231 vehicles Storage: tank assembly22V-446 · 2022 · Jun 23, 2022 · 228 vehicles Suspension: rear22V-427 · 2022 · Jun 16, 2022 · 736 vehicles Service brakes, hydraulic: fluid22V-392 · 2022 · Jun 2, 2022 · 237 vehicles Delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings21V-422 · 2021 · Jun 3, 2021 · 572 vehicles Power train: automatic transmission20V-668 · 2020 · Oct 29, 2020 · 194,105 vehicles Delivery: fuel pump20V-639 · 2020 · Oct 15, 2020 · 2,781 vehicles Curtain: inflator20V-446 · 2020 · Jul 30, 2020 · 769 vehicles

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the XT6

Jul 22, 2022
Rear-View Camera FailurePE22006 · 2020–2021 · closed Nov 21, 2022
Led to recall 22V-709